The Power of the Purse Strings: House GOP Tries to Rein In Holder’s DOJ

“The U.S. House determined that the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Operation Choke Point was cutting off “legitimate businesses from their banking lines.” Rather than acting as an anti-fraud program, Holder was using Choke Point to keep programs “objectionable” to the administration, from receiving ordinary banking services. Steps to defund the program, through an amendment to the DOJ appropriations bill, passed in the House.”